Ghana: HIPC is Good But Debt Cancellation is the Ultimate Remedy

Panelists at a seminar on the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative in Accra have welcomed the contribution that HIPC has made to the socio-economic development of the country. However, they all said that only debt cancellation would truly benefit poor countries. The panellists at the event comprised, Dr. Yao Graham of the Third World Network, Vitus Azeem, Director of the Centre for Budget Advocacy (CBA) of ISODEC and Okoh Ofori of the Ministry of Finance.